Thank you for all who joined us in Atlanta!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
8 a.m. - 2 p.m. at The Loudermilk Center

Congratulations to New Inventor Showcase Winner ~ The Highchair Organizer!  Atlanta MIBU attendees selected Abraxas Abrams-Pickens' invention. Read MIBU latest blog posts for her announcement and our latest press release.  What a useful, much-needed idea!

Keynote Speaker: Maria Bailey

Maria T. Bailey, CEO of BSM Media, the foremost authority on marketing to moms, is the author of numerous articles and books, including "The Ultimate Mom Book" (HCI, 2009), "Mom 3.0: Marketing With Moms By Leveraging New Media and Technology," "Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Dollar Market," "Trillion Dollar Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers," and a soon-to-published fourth book. She's the host of Mom Talk Radio, the #1-downloaded parenting podcast, and co-host of Good Day with Doug Stephan, the #7 morning drive time radio show. A busy mother of four, Maria is co-founder of BlueSuitMom.com, MomTV.com and Newbaby.com and has been featured in US News and World Report and the Wall Street Journal, and on CNN, Lifetime TV and various local affiliates.

SESSION TOPICS & SPEAKERS

Inventor Fastrack

• From Idea to Invention Without Going Insane--Amy Baxter, MMJ Labs LLC (@Buzzy4Shots)
• BOOTSTRAPPING: Taking Your Product from Dream to Reality: Linda Lewis, The Breast Chek Kit, Inc (@Breastchekkit)

Running Efficiently

• Video Marketing: Growing Your Business While You Sleep--Randy Barth, Pixability (@Pixability)
• Just Enough Geek To Get You Going: Christie Crowder, The ChatterBox Show (@Chatterboxcgc)

Next Level

• Using Technology to Market Your Business i.e. social media: Lorraine Robertson, 30 Miles Media, Inc. (@AskWifey)
• How to successfully develop your great product idea and sell it to major retail chains and TV shopping networks!: Jim DeBetta, DeBetta Enterprises (@JimDebetta)

Moms Panel Discussion:  How Did You Do That?

Comprised of Mom business owners, this town hall discussion will be an open forum where moms submit their questions directly to moms that have been there, and done.  Learn how they've successfully gotten their products on the shelves of major retailers and generated millions of marketing impressions for their companies. 

• Maria Bailey, BSM Media(@momtalkradio) - Moderator
• Renee Ross, Cutie Booty Cakes (@Cutiebootycakes)
• Shameeka Ayers, The Broke Socialite Media (@Brokesocialite)
• Britt Menzies, StinkyKids, LLC.(@Stinkykids)
• Desiree Miller, Bottles to Britches Premier Baby Planners (@StressFreeBaby)
• Tiffany Krumins, Elephant Lady, LLC (@TiffanyKrumins)